On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about all things Oscar: The Power of the Dog, CODA, and my three favorite categories: Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best International Feature. … Continue reading
If everything goes according to plan, the moving picture industry will convene on March 27 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater to celebrate the best in the cinema for the 94th Academy Awards. Yes, it’s the time of the year when some … Continue reading The 94th Academy Award Nominations
On Monday, January 10, the Denver Film Critics Society—15 writers and broadcasters working in and around the Mile High City, of which I am one—announced their nominees for the best of 2021. In total, 44 movies received nominations with The Power … Continue reading And the nominees are…
Some days it feels like this slog will never end. Other days, it feels like new life is just around the corner. This year’s Sundance Film Festival belongs firmly in the latter. What has brought around this sudden turn of … Continue reading This week in Film — Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival
There weren’t any crowds in Park City, Utah, and the big studios may have stayed away, but the 2021 Sundance Film Festival proved that headliners or no, in-person or virtual, the cinematic cream will always rise to the top. Chief … Continue reading Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival — 2021
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